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A cool bedroom may help improve sleep quality
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Updated April 6, 2023
When you get the temperature right, you’re more likely to wake up refreshed and well-rested.
The temperature of your bedroom can make a big difference to your sleep quality. In a 2012 National Sleep Foundation survey of more than 1,000 people ages 25-55, 67 percent of the respondents said cool room temperature was an important element to getting a good night sleep. That’s supported by a 2012 report in the Journal of Physiological Anthropology, which notes that people’s ability to sleep is strongly linked to temperature. A 2017 report in Science Advances showed that increases in nighttime temperatures boosted self-reports of insufficient sleep in a survey of 765,000 people, and the effect was greater in people 65 and older.
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